By Eromosele Fortune
Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Dumebi Kachikwu has says that his mandate was not negotiable vowing that under his seen, mandates of those aspiring for positions under the party would not be away from them.
Dumebi who threw his life in support of the ADC State Chairmen Forum over discontinue the tenure extension of Chief Ralph Nwosu, made these vows during a press briefing held today in Abuja nigeria.
He said “This morning several people sent me an unsigned purporting to suspend me from the Party. To give a background, the tenure of the immediate past President expired on the 28th of august which was last week Sunday. Prior to this, Chief Ralph Okey Nwosu has sought for tenure elongation. He had reached me directly and indirectly pleading for us to extend his tenure.
“For those who do not know, Chief Ralph Nwosu is the longest serving Chairman of a Political Party in the history of Nigeria, he has been serving for up to 20 years. You must understand that this is contrary to the provision of constitution of the ADC which says that a Chairman of the ADC can hold position maximum for consecutive period of two terms of four years each.
“For some reasons best known to INEC, we do not know how Chief Ralph Nwosu was able to hold on to that position for the past 19 years.